splitting headache

Example Sentences

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Sometimes I play a scene with a splitting headache and people don't even know, but I know, so that makes some sense.

From Salon • Dec. 20, 2024

Both complained of a splitting headache and fever that didn’t respond to the anti-malaria treatment.

From Washington Times • Feb. 9, 2023

There was no warning of what was to come in March 2015, other than the splitting headache she woke up with.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 16, 2022

For example, if you have a splitting headache and you buy some acetaminophen from the only pharmacy that’s open near you, you probably needed that trade much more than the pharmacy did.

From Slate • Feb. 25, 2022

"Good night. Go right to sleep now. I have a splitting headache," my mother said.

From "The Catcher in the Rye" by J. D. Salinger